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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-04-30

At length there seems to be some
hope for consumptive patients
that is, as far as alleviating is con.
cerned, though perhaps not amount.
ing to an absolute radical cure.
The treatment ut present under
consideration and experiment by
our best specialists in cases OF
phthisis is that discovered and
adopted by the celebrated French
physicians, Bernard and Bergeron,
and more lately put into practice by
the chief physician Of the Philadel-
phia hospital.
The treatment consists simply OF
injections per rectum of a carbonic
acid gas by means of a specially
invented apparatus. The local ex-
ponent of the new device lis DIR.
Hofstetter, of the French Hospital.
DR.. HOfstetter was seen at his resi-
dence by a member of the San
Francisco News Letter staff, and
explained as far as possible, in a
brief interview, the theory and prac-
tice of the new germicide. The
carbonic acid gas, to the quantity
OF four or five gallons, is contained
in large rubber gas-bag, which is
connected by means of a rubber
tubing with a peculiar bottle, filled
with solution of chloride and sui
phide of sodium. The carbonic
acid gas is then forced by pressure
through the solution into the rec
tum of the patient, the whole oper-
alton occupying only about quar-
ter of an hour. The operation is
entirely painless and never fails of
beneficial effect on the patient.
The gas which would prove noxious
if inhaled directly into the lungs,
is on introduction into the bowels,
gradually absorbed into the system,
and reaching the tuberculous sur
face is then exhaled, its effect in
arresting the spread of the bacillus
being speedy and quite clearly de-
fined The cough is gradually re-
lieved, the sweats disappear, and
pectoration speedily decreases. The
tuberculous cavities appear to dry
up and contract, gradually produc-
ing a healthy surface, with strong
probabilities of ultimate complete
recovery.
The Partisan Professor, DR.. Ber-
geron, claims to have affected sew
eral complete cures in bad cases of
phthisis, but American results, SO
far, only indicate advanced stages
of convalescence. DIR. HOfstetter
has several cases under his care in
the local French hospital, and is
extremely sanguine of complete
of the terrible bacillus
nv this new treatment.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-04-30

San Francisco Chronicle

Mr. Booth is a most retiring and
timid man about society. He is
the only actor l ever met who is
embarrassed at a compliment. Most
actors, when you tell them how
we'll they do, Immediately begin to
explain to you that they are really
greater actors than you think they
are. Mr.. Booth seems to be pos
sessed of the unique conviction that
Shakespeare meant what he wrote,
and one of his main breads is the
man who wants to know whether
Hamlet was really insane or only
feigning. He was speaking of his
reception at the Baldwin on the
first night.
"You saw my reception on Mon
lay night" he said, "and II
couldn't have said thank you be-
fore that curtain"
He confessed to making one
speech, but the result was not very
encouraging. Some years ago he
went with his company to a place
to play one night. He had been
specially requested not to play
Hamlet" as the people had seen
him in that the year before and
they wanted something else. When
they assembled at the theater they
found the baggage had gone astray
and the costumes for RicheTieu
had not arrived. They must play
something else, and the only thing
they could do was to make up a
bill of a farce and three acts Of
" Hamlet" which were easiest to
put on. Mr.. Booth went out be-
fore the curtain and made little
speech.
"They listened to me-" he said,
and when | got through a man in
front of the orchestra looked up and
said: All right, give us Hamlet
| went off feeling very proud of my
speech. l had done brilliantly, |
thought: Just then heard some
body talking in front of the curtain.
What's this, l said to myself
Somebody objecting-a rowland
| grew excessively nervous. Just
then one of the men came in from
the front part of the house. whats
that? Who's that talking out
there?" oh, it's all right. It's
the proprietor. They didn't hear a
word you said, and he is explain
ing to them that you've changed
the bill"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-04-30

According to Hoyle" is a
phrase common among card-play.
ers, many of whom are under the
impression that Mr.. Hoyle was a
reformed gambler who turned his
attention to bookmaking as means
of keeping himself out of the poor
house. Edmund Hoyle was born
200 years ago and lived to the ad-
vanced age of ninety-seven, dying
in Cavendish Square, London, in
1869. He was among the first who
took special interest in whist, and
after it became a craze he devoted
several years of his life to teaching
the game at guinea a Lesson.
Some supposed he invented the
game, but it was we'll known before
he was born. However, he did
much to perfect it,. He was paid
5000 for treatise on whist, which
was published in 1743. At the
time he was attached to a govern
ment Office in Ireland. Toward the
close of his life he revised his
treatise, and included in it back.
CANNON and ether popular games
of the day.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-04-30

A barrel of punched tickets is
sent by the East River bridge trus-
tees every day to the junk dealers,
who pay the magnificent sum OF
half cent pound for them. With
the great mass of people that cross
the bridge the business of purchas-
ing q ticket and depositing it i'm the
box is performed with the utmost
nonchalance. But with others the
matter is one of great embarrass-
ment, and in their confusion and
hurry they drop into the box any
thing that happens to be in their
hands or pockets. Passengers for
the cars frequently pour a handful
of coin down the hopper and put
their tickets carefully away in their
pocket books. The curio-book con-
tains all kinds Of cards-visiting.
business and postal. Theatre tick
cts and checks are abundant. Turi
tickets also abound, with a large
sprinkling of railroad tickets. Sta
ten Island, Jersey City, Hoboken,
East river and East Boston ferry
tickets are plentiful.
Such articles as cigars, cigarettes,
pretzels, toothpicks, kid gloves and
penknifes are not preserved.
About half the receipts of the
bridge are in bills. Five, ten and
twenty-dollar notes are by no
means uncommon. If the ticket
seller hasn't enough cash on hand
to make the change he is obliged
to get it, and he does get it, and he
always counts out ninety-nine dol
lars and ninety-nine cents with
great satisfaction. So far no one
has presented a thousand-dollar
note, but the gatekeeper is waiting
for him to come along, and is ready
for him. 1t is safe to say that man,
when he gets his change, will have
more cents than he ever had before.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-04-30

B. w. Cowles, n mining man of
Alaska, has the following to say [ f
the territory: "Senator Jones'
Treadwell mine, on Douglas island,
is working about 100 men. 1t is
understood that they have lots of
good ore. Some miners on the
island, / don't know who they were,
three weeks ago sold to a London
company a property for 81 100000.
A 2OO-stamp mill is to be put up
there. A 16O-stamp mill is in
course Of erection on the island Oh
the Movies property, owned by a
Boston company. 1t is safe to say
that within the next twelve months
there will be more than GOO stamps
at work on Douglas island. l SUI
pose there is nothing like the ledges
there in all geology. They ale
from 400 to 500 feet wide, and a,e
low grade, mining from IS to $l4
per ton. There is a good deal of
excitement up on the Yukon now,
and at Berner's bay, forty miles
above Sitka, rich placer and quartz
properties are reported found. A
good many prospectors have gone
in. The steamer Ancon, that left
Port Townsend lately carried up
about 200 miners, principally from
Montana and Washington Torrito.
20, -
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-04-30

The oldest tree on record in Eu-
rope is asserted to be the cypress
Of Somma, in Lombardy, Italy.
This tree is believed to have been
in existence at the time of Julius
Caesar, forty-two years before Christ,
and is therefore 1911 years old.
1t is 1O6 feet in height and 20 feet
in circumference at one foot from
the ground. Napoleon, when lay
ing down his plan for the great
road over the Simplon, diverged
from a straight line to avoid injur-
ing this tree. Superior antiquity
is claimed for the immense tree in
Calaveras county, Cal. This is
supposed, from the number of con-
centric circles in the trunk, to be
1865 years old.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-04-30
MANUFACTURER OF SHOT.
New York Mail and Express.

"Lead shot," said Mr.. Tracy
Though sometimes made of leao
alone, is almost always formed o
an alloy of arsenic and lead. TIL.
arsenic is introduced in the form
of arsenious acid or the sulphuret
The object Of the addition of the
arsenic is to render hard, brittle
qualities of the lead softer ano
more ductile and the proper con
sistence to take the glObular form
Owing to the rapid decomposition
Of the arsenic, it is treated by itself
in the bottom of the melting kettle
A cover is placed over the substance
and its stem, which rises up through
the kettle, is fastened down. The
lead is then added above the cover,
and when melted the cover is lifted
out of the liquid mass, which in
stantly becomes permeated with
the arsenic beneath. The alloy thus
produced contains forty-five pounds
of arsenic to the ton of lead and is
known as temper This again is
added, in the proportion of / per
cent, to the pure lead, and thus the
shot alloy, containing very small
percentage of arsenic, is produced.
The temper pots hold about ton OF
metal each. After the shot have
reached the bottom of the well they
are at once lifted out by an elevator
and thrown upon an inclined drying
table, over which they slide, falling
into a wire-gauze rotating cylinder.
They are rolled and ground togeth-
er, and in this way the minute burrs
upon them are removed. From the
cylinder another elevator lifts the
shot upon a screening table. This
consists of a series of planes ar
ranged at gradually increasing
nights. Between each two there is
an interval.
The shot being started at the
head of the highest plane will, if
perfect, roll from one plane to an
other, jumping over the intermedi-
ate spaces. If imperfect, however,
it tumbles and goes back to the
melting kettle. The good shot,
after passing this ordeal, reaches
the separators. 1t should be ex-
planned that there are usually sew
eral tables, each being devoted to a
different sized shot. The little
leaden globes are next elevated to
the top cylinder of a series, ar
ranged on an incline. They are
conical in form and covered with
perforated sheet brass. Each cyl
inder serves as a seive for a partic-
ular size of shot, retaining that and
allowing all smaller sizes to escape
The sitting goes on until each cyl
inder has picked out the porticular
class of shot to which it is adapted.
The sizes Of shot are standard. The
smallest is known as dust, and then
comes No. II, which is .05 inches in
diameter, 1886 shot going to the
ounce.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-04-30

by Rogers himself in sending an
agent to have the old indictment
against him quashed.
Receiver Smyth has declined,
however, to quash the indictment
until further information is re-
ceived. The indictment, of course,
still stands, and when the case
comes into court, as it seems now
must inevitably happen, there will
doubtless be many new and start
ling DEVELOPMENTS. c. NJ. STARR.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-04-30

The statistics of the New York
postofiice for the last year present
some large figures. More than
6O,OOO,OOO letters were distributed
through boxes, and more than
12O,OOO.OOO were delivered by car
riers. In addition to these, nearly
5O,OOO,OOO postal cards were boxed
and delivered.
More than 166,OOO,OOO postage
stamps, nearly 26,O0O,OOO stamped
envelopes and nearly 100000
postal cards were sold during the
year. The total weight of mails
handled in the postoffice last year
was over 1913 tons, or 48 per cent
more than five years ago.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-04-30

The natives of Hindostan have
long had an instrument called the
"ravanastron," at first constructed
in q rude manner out of a hollew
piece of sycamore wood, but after
wards developed into a practical
violin. The rudest of these h .s
two or three strings, and it is
played with . bow. This was un-
doubtedIy tho origin of the violin.
It's invention 10 attributed b. Hin
doc tradition to King Ravana, who
in Ccylon.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-04-30

The new edition of the London
postoffice directory consists oi
1872 pages, plus 322 pages of ad-
vertisements, and contains 244 600
names. On each page there are
10000 letters, the number Of letters
in the "Commercial" alone max
ing a total of 100000, and the
weight of the type used for the vol
ume is about twenty-five tons.
Here is q small but interesting ia
BILE which shows the difficulties of
arrangement. In the new directory
there are 2,12j Smiths, ITO!
Joneses. 70S RsVwas and 1G7 Rob-
jnsoue.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-04-30

There are 10000 Italians in New
York. Think of it! Enough to sup
ply every highway and byway in
the city with circulating music.
Some have saved money, witness
Morisini, who headed a subscrip-
ton for the pedestal of Garibaldi's
statue with 800 last week. The
Italians are doing an immense car
rying trade to this port, and many
Of the captains are owners a. we'll,
and educated men, who take this
way of seeing the world and accu-
mulating wealth at the same time.
| saw such q one not long ago who
said that he had not been in Italy
for ten years, trading all the time
between Lisbon and New York,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-04-30

The KkrsroNE has long been acknowl-
edged to be the sole representative OF the
Great Upper Wood River and Sawtooth
mining regions, and, located as it is in the
very heart of the most promising mining
country on the face of the earth. and lcav-
ing nothing undone to present its readers y
complete synopsis Of all mining news and
developments, as well as matters of local
importance in the growth of Ketchum, the
future metropolis of Idaho, it is an invalua-
bic guide for capital and informant to the
settler of every craft and position. Sub
scribe for it, read it, and let your friends
read what may benefit them.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-30
oldest Crematlonlsts on Earth.

alaskan Indians are perhaps the ol2es
race Of cremationists on the face of tbt
earth. All their dead, except their medi
cine men, are burned. The crematory il
very simple, yet nevertheless, effective.
When n corpse is to DO cremated it is first
removed from the house through the hole
in the roof, or through an aperture made
in one Of the walls by removing log, Dit
is bad luck to carry it out through the
door and carried to o funeral pyro of
wood built in the form Of hollow rect
angle, measuring four feet long, four feet
wide, and from three to six feet in depth
The corpse is bundled into the pyre, which
is then lighted. Dry cord wood is then
thrown in on top of the corpse until the
opening is filed. The relatives sit around
the burning pile four or five hours until
everything is consumed. The cremation
is always complete. The ashes of the
dead man, and Of course more or less
wood ashes, are gathered up placed in a
wooden box and carried to little grave
house, as it is called. Lieut.. IL. T.
Monahan in Brooklyn Eagle.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-30

The Washingtons drank wine at their
dinners, and the collection of Washing
tons household effects in the National
museum in Washington shows that the
family possessed much aesthetic taste.
Their china contained many choice bits.
In the collection there is an immense
punch bowl and several wine services, and
the chaplain of congress the time WASH
ington was president records q presidential
dinner at which he says that Gen. Wash
ington had a silver pint cup Of beer at his
plate, which he drank while eating. The
Washington family had much fine wine in
their cellars at Mount Vernon; but though
Washington drank a glass or SO of Ma
deira at his meals there is no record of his
ever having drunk too much. That
Martha Washington appreciated the value
of good wine is evidenced by her will. In
it she gives o pipe of wine to George
Washington Parke Gusts, and directs
that all the wine bottles in the Mount
Vernon vaults be equally divided between
her granddaughter and grandson.
G. Carpenter.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-30

Said a Canadian to q scribe recently
F" Tobogganing is essentially a Canadian
sport. Not because Canada is the land of
winter SHOWS, but because Canadian life,
Canadian manners are not the manners of
the states. You may say all you please
about our slowncss, our want of enter
prise; that we out-English the English in
sur snobbishness; still, the fact remains
chat we manage to get great deal Of en-
joyment out of life. OF course o great
deal is said about the fast life of Ameri-
cans; but | believe with the majority the
trouble lies more in the long hours of
work in which you indulge. | can't see
where the rapid life comes in, unless it be
the slow, steady grind for 800 day in the
year. Now, tobogganing, like a great
many other of our sports, cannot be
taken up at odd hours. To thoroughly
enjoy tobogganing party one should
have the whole afternoon and evening;
and when you get into bed at night you
feel as il You had really been doing some
thing worth talking about. The average
Canadian works, as a rule, about half the
day. The remainder is pretty well taken
up with sports of some kind or another,
especially in winter. Buffalo Express.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-30

Mr.. Tflton Is passing now, he tells his
friends, the most peaceful and contented
years of his life. Il Is three years since
he domiclled himself In Paris, and he viii
probably end his days there He has a
floor in n grand old mansion, once the
home Of the Dues de Nemours, on ancient
building on the lie dc Paris, back Of Notro
Dame, In the very heart Of historic asso-
Citations. Here he spends much Of his time,
writing reading, living happily within
himself For the rest, he is free to dino
wherever his vagrant fancy dictates, to
find companionship wherever he chooses.
Most often he is TO be met late afternoons
at the Cafe Regence, ono Of the very few
of the famous pre-revolution resorts which
the Haussmannization of the right bank
of the Seine has left intact. Hero for n
century and moro have the best chess
players of Paris assembled. Alfred de
Musset was a habitue, and many Of tho
older men remember him well.
A far more distinguished frequenter Of
the Recommendation few enough of the
company can recall having seen even in
his later lifc-was q certain keen eyed,
aquiline nosed young lieutenant of artil-
lery, NJ Napoleon Bonaparte. A little
metal tablet IS set into the dark marble Of
one Of the tables recording that here the
future emperor was won't to sit and school
his mind for Marengo and Austerlitz in
the maZcs of chess fancy that no dreams
of fame or of especial achievement come
now to Mr.. Tilton. The work upon which
he is engaged is understood to be ephem-
eral in character-done as much for the
sake of occupation and mental relief as
anything else. His chief interest is to Ike
his life and to keep it smooth, uneventful
restful, within the compass of simple de
sires and pleasant associations. New
York Times.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-30
The Sinmese WAY.

In the simplicity its doctoring methods
few nations are much in advance of the
Siamese. A great number of diseases are
popularity supposed to be the result of
spirit possession. The doctor in charge Of
case of this kind ties u string around the
room in view Of the patient, decorates it
with pieces of paper containing mysterious
hieroglyphics, and then, brandishing q
knife, commands the spirit to come out
Clay images are also used for the spirits
to enter, and when satisfied that they have
done so, the images are wheeled out Of
town upon carts. When the patient is
convinced that the evil spirit has left his
mind becomes tranqrilized, and be stands
better chance for recovery. Herald Of
Health
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-30
Ancient Egyptlan cold plate.

The only piece Of gold plate ever found
in Egypt, now on its way to the Museum
of Fine Arts, is the massive handle to u
tray used in tho royal service Of Pharaoh
Hophra, at the biblical Tahpanhes Jere-
miah y, 81, to which place came jeremiah,
who doubtless here wrote his 'Lamenta-
lions, with the fugitive princesses of Jul
dab. The plate is among the gifts of the
Egypt exploration fund, which disclosed
this most interesting sight where Nebu-
chadnezzar burned the palace or castle be-
cause Ho7 IRA had received the fugitives.
Home journal
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-30
Population OF AIsace.

The returns for Alsace of the census
taken ON the first of December, 1856,
have been only just published. The
total population was ,97i 900 being an
increase of only 6G9 on the number of
five years before. There is an excess
of 2766S females, against a similar ex-
cess Of 2S,757 in 1850. The population
of Stmsburg WAS III, 9S7, being an in
crease of over 5000 within five years;
Mulhausen 50,7l6, Colmar 26,5ST, Geb-
weller l2,3SS. These last three towns
are practically stationary. The popu-
lation OF Metz, exclusive of the garrison,
was 54,072, being an increase OF nearly
I coo ...ial,;., c. .--r--
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-30
ITO be Continued
FOR A NOBLE CAUSE.
Harry Hamitons Plan if the Drummer's Tax
Is Refunded.

JACKSON, Miss, [Speciall- seems
to be the prevalent opinion that the
St"te will refund the drummers' tax
collected under the law recently an
pulled by the Supreme court when the
legislature meets. This fund amounts
to over $50, 900, and the suggestion first
made Ivy Harry Hamilton of New Or
leans, one OF the best and most popular
commercial men on the road, that the
drummers donate this money to the
erection OF a Confederate monument in
this CITY is meeting with great favor
The New MissisSippian OF to-day says
that many commercial men have signi-
fed their approval of the scheme, =
AtalaNche.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-04-30
Few Wolves In Prussia.

only four having been killed, and it is
seem to have followed the German army
almost en- masse into France during the
winter Of 1870, and to have remained
there. In the provinces Of Alsacc and
Lorraine the number of wolves killed dur
ing the year was thlrty-seven, in addition
to 1850 foxes and 152 wildcats. London
'T--,-e
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-09-24
Don't Experiment..

You cannot afford to waste time in
experimenting when your lungs are in
Danger. Consumption always seems at
first, only cold. Do not permit any
dealer to impose upon you with some
cheap imitation of DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds, but be sure you get the gen.
uine. Because he can make more pro-
hit he may tell you he has something
just as good, or just the same. Don't
be deceived, but insist upon getting DR..
Kings New Discovery, which is guar
anteed to give relief in all Throat, Lung
and Chest affections. Trial bottles free
at E. e. Williams, Jr., u. Bros. Drug
Store, Large Bottles 81.